Rough 2 weeks

So between computer issues, Dr. appt., eye appt., U/S, getting Rx's filled and seeing Ty off to Cali, I just have NOT been able to access my Biggest Loser acct very much or My Fitness Pall or FitBit and I didn't realize exactly how motivating these tools were and how much I needed the accountability factor..................I've gained weight, I've been completely demotivated and I've put in WAY TOO MUCH HARD WORK, SWEAT and TEARS to throw all that away now!!! I'm back to being able to access my much needed tools and I am BACK ON TRACK and going to get those lbs right back off and then keep deleting even more LBS!!! I GOT THIS I KNOW I CAN DO IT!!!!

So again for accountability and for honestly mostly and first off to myself, but also those that take the time to read this......I do appreciate you all very much, just so you know.....I needed to post this to just get it out there and off my shoulders/chest...whew feel like a weights been lifter...oh and speaking of weights I lifted a lot today :) Hahahaha I'm so ADD LOL  Anyway, I'm super excited that I'm back on track and DOIN' IT!!! 

Hope you are all motivated and up and movin'.  One thing I've learned with exercising at home with the little ones is that sometimes I have to break up my routine into smaller segments and that's ok as long as I am up moving throughout the day and getting it all done!!! The day will come when they are all in school and I'll be able to exercise for an hour straight and I'll wish I had to baby days back, so I won't complain and I'll get it done as time and they allow me to!!! :)

Until Next Time,
Healthy Me!! :)

Blah kind of week

So this is supposed to be the ups AND downs of this journey so it would be remiss to not mention the downs and it certainly wouldn't be doing me any favors!! The point of this blog was to motivate myself and hopefully others, document my journey (even the negative things), and learn from my mistakes so I can stay focused and DO THIS!!!

This week has just been an off week, we have been here, there and everywhere, doctors, doctors, and more doctors trying to get everyone check ups for the year and be done with it well before school starts back and if you read my other blog, you know we ran into a couple of minor issues with my Ty-man.  They are minor and I am thankful but its still been stressful for him so in turn a little bit stressful for me.....not too bad though as I'm giving it to God and praying about it for both of us......but now I'm getting sidetracked lol....I'm not a little ADD LOL.....

Anywho, all that being said I didn't really exercise but on Monday and Wednesday and I ate like MAJOR POO!!!! I ended up gaining a pound......it's only a pound right?? NO!!! Its in the wrong direction and it is a big deal, but then its not......does that even make sense??

Its a big deal because I still have a long way to go and I AM NOT going to throw all my hard work away and start gaining this weight back....these LBS have been DELETED.....meaning gone forever so this can NOT happen.....BUT its not a big deal because I recognize that its happening and have every intention of stopping it at 1 LB.........I will get back on my track first thing in the morning and STAY there!! :) I have complete confidence and faith that I can AND will do this!!

So anyway, its only fair that I'm completely honest and have accountability when I mess up and things aren't going well, but I assure you they will be back on track next week and I'll have better things to report!! 

Until next time,
Healthy Me (that had some issues this week)

Getting Back Into Routine....Well Kind Of Starting a New One

Since VBS I've been off my game, getting back on the treadmill has been pretty tough after going a whole week without doing it.  That being said, I think I've decided to change it up somewhat and do the treadmill most days, but I'm ok with not doing it EVERY DAY now as I'm doing Family Drum on Monday evenings and I would love to get back into a zumba class at least once a week and on Tuesdays I'm doing a LOT of arm exercises and Wednesday or Thursday is a LOT of leg exercises, the weekends are core (yes LOTS) exercises and I'm still climbing stairs! I've joined a boot camp type challenge on Biggest Loser and this is our schedule for 8 weeks so while I want some cardio every day, for sure two days a week it will be through Family Drum and Zumba......something different, but me and my treadmill will still have very regular dates, just not every day and we will see how this works for a while and if I NEED to go back to treadmill every day,  I  will....we shall see, but I'm going to try this schedule for a while and see what happens with weight loss!! I'll be keeping up with my hard copy journal as I exercise and let you guys know what I'm up to a couple of times a week  and how the deleting of the lbs is going with this "new routine"!!

All that being said, I hope you guys are getting up, getting movin' and enjoying Summer!! I'm feeling a trip to KD coming up soon for us, we'll see though!! Water Park tomorrow evening so will get lots of exercise doing that!! :) Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!!!

Until next time,
Healthy Me!

VBS.......it counts as exercise lol :)

For real!! We've had a fabulous week at VBS at my church!! I'm teaching first grade with three other lovely ladies and its been a blast!!! However, that being said; I have NOT been on my treadmill all week!!!
BUT......I've gotten my steps in and worked up a sweat with the heat and humidity we've had running all over the church to our stations and I've joined in P.E. time with the kids and played their games/competitions everyday except Monday so far so I've definitely gotten my workout in and I've kept up with my eating very well and taken my vitamins and drank my water and I'm down two more lbs so I'm at a grand total of almost 31lbs deleted now!! So I'm a HAPPY girl!!!  Between the 5:45 morning wake ups and the running and stair climbing and PE and extra kiddos until 5:30ish I've just been too wiped out to get on the treadmill, I know this is a weak excuse, but I'm NOT used to early mornings and VBS prep has been keeping me up until 12-1ish in the a.m. so I've just been exhausted, but managing to keep my pep in my step at VBS for my kiddos and despite the lack of sleep and exhaustion, I have LOVED every minute of it and like I said......weight is still coming off so its exercise, right? LOL

I hope everyone is doing fabulous and staying active, me and the treadmill have a date for Saturday morning!! :)

Until next time,
Healthy Me :)

Journal ramblings from my daily handwritten journal!!

The whole point of blogging for me here is to see what I'm doing right or wrong and how I feel when I let it happen, so as I stated in my last blog, I thought the easiest way to do that more effectively was carry a journal with me at all times and write throughout the day which I would periodically transfer to here to share with my readers and have a "backup" copy of said journaling, so here goes my first full week (I previously posted three days worth, so this is the rest):
6/17/13
Back pain stinks!!! Still going to move around and get soem exercise but not at the intensity I would like, so I must really watch food intake and drink LOTS of H2O to hopefully heal this muscle quicker along with heat compressions (it worked, within two days my back felt so much better!) Also, had an x-ray and u/s today re: said back/hip pain. Results came in shortly after test and all was normal! YAY Praise God (think I may have previously posted this entry lol)

6/18/13
Started with a Luna Bar now if I could motivate myself to get movin' - time for some coffee and a swift kick in the rear end and some treadmill time......(this never happened) (Instead this did) I cut the whole lawn (1/2 acre) by myself, we usually split it and share it, but I did it all with the push mower minus the ditch........so humid had of have sweat off 10lbs.  Did I mention that I HATE (I know this is a strong word) our lawn? Because I do, its awful, but I guess if I had to find a positive in it, it makes for a great workout lol.....eating has been spot on, I've done fab so far, water intake too!! Bed @ 10:30.

6/19/13
Treadmill= 47min. First time in four days so it sucked (sorry, but it did).  I've been exercising, just not the treadmill so I figured it was time!  Off to the Dr., not excited about this appt, but it must be done. Eating = poo! Good breakfast, 2/100 calorie snacks, no lunch.....the bigger deal: NO Coffee!! GASP!!ugh!  Dinner with the hubs and 2 kids that aren't old enough to desert us! Gonna do my best to make it healthy choices!!  Update afterward: some onion petal, not a lot, a healthy nut salad with fat free Italian dressing, and a bowl of award winning chili which was under 300 cals and 8 grams of fat, so not too bad and tea with splenda :)

6/20/13
Started today off lazy, but ate well, stayed under calories and got 5 miles in so all is well. Now I'm ending it lazy w/o writing much - bath and bed

So that's the sum of my handwritten journal, I'm liking it so far and posting it here is nice to see it all laid out neatly before me to recap and see how I did......so I shall continue this format for now :)

Until next time,
Healthy Me :) 

Randomness....thought this would be fun :)

So I decided to keep a handwritten journal with just thoughts on what I ate, how I exercised, what we were doing during throughout the day as far as keepin' it movin'.  So I sucked at it for this week because of course its new and I'm trying to get used to it, but I think its going to be so interesting and fun when I get used to it and utilize it :) So even though these first few things aren't so great because I didn't do it well I'm gonna share, that way you guys can see my progress and how this works out for me lol :) 

6/14/13

Well, I suck, I didn't even write this day! :) (This is what I wrote on the 15th, I had dated it and then never got back to writing lol)

6/15/13

This is my supplemental diet journal to add to my blog

6/16/13 

Happy Father's Day-ate like poo, gained 1lb blah!

6/17/13

Back pain stinks!!! Still going to move around and get some exercise but not at the intensity I would like, so I must really watch food intake and drink LOTS of H2O to hopefully heal this muscle quicker along with heat compressions.

For my exercise yesterday (6/17/13) I did Family Drum class at the Y after my shift with my friend Cassie's little boy Jalen, and it was GREAT!!! I loved it! 

Today I am going to try to hit the treadmill again and hope that since my back feels better it stays that way, not going to try to push it any harder than that NO Bob Harper's Boot Camp until I know my back has healed completely, it does feel better though and I got results from my U/S and X-rays and there is nothing wrong with my spine so that's GREAT news!!! Have a lipoma I will have removed in the near future, but otherwise all is well just a pulled muscle.  So time to keep on movin' :) 

Until next time,

Healthy Me :) 

Boot Camp......ummmm its not for wimps lol

So I finally decided to suck it up and just bite the bullet and GET IT DONE, I woke up this a.m. and before breakfast I got dressed, laced up my bright pink tennis shoes, took a deep breath, pushed the negative thoughts to the side..........then came the real challenge:

Figuring out the remotes and how to make my DVD work!!!!

Just kidding!! :) That really did take me a minute or two, but then I got to the REAL stuff, Bob Harper's Biggest Loser Boot Camp workout Warm up, Level 1, and Cool Down!!! It was intense, I had to take a breather once, but I stuck with it and DID it!!! Then to prove to myself I could still stick to my cardio I've been doing (power walking) I hopped straight onto the treadmill (I actually just accidentally typed dreadmill, but I fixed it......but, it is so that some days too lol so it could have worked) without even thinking about it for 35 more minutes!!! I was WHOOPED doing it before breakfast so I now have mixed emotions about working out first thing in the morning with no breakfast!!  I LOVED working out early, feels GREAT, but the no breakfast part made me feel like I could barely push myself to do what I know would have been easier with at least a light breakfast behind me!!!

So now the next leg of the journey begins!! If you push too hard to fast, you have no where to go, I learned that the hard way (at least when you have as much to lose as I do).  That's not to say don't push yourself, but know your limits.  So I've been doing strictly cardio with some light arm and core exercises thrown in from time to time, but I'm stepping it up to strength training AND still doing my power walking!! This should be FUN LOL :) I'm truly excited about it, that's not sarcasm LOL I promise......ok well maybe just a little!!! But in all seriousness I am excited about the progress I've made and I know its time to expand what I'm doing to see the progress continue.........so.......HERE WE GO!!!! :) 

I'll blog again next week as usual on Tuesday or Thursday or maybe both to give an update!! This is an "off day" but since I did something new, why not change it up, right?

Have a blessed day everyone

And until next time,

Healthy Me :)